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i want to ask you the same question i asked mitch mcconnell. they are still debating the long-term effects of the robert's ruling. on the one hand he safes obama care. that's the big deal that's the bottom line. on the other hand he appeared to new limits on what congress can regulate under the guys of the commerce laws. he set new limits on what the federal government can mandate the state has to do. in terms of the long-term constitutional implicaons how do you read the roberts rule? >> i think it will be so tough for any one who wants to pass a similar program under the similar argument. it will be a tough time. this is not going to be an easy opinion for anybody who sites you. a lot of people see it as a 1-44 decision. >> 144 meaning the chief justice was here then the four liberalings and four conservatives. >> right. it will be tough to look to it as a top precedent. a not a license to regulate an individual from cradle to grave. he real that had in. he talked about the fact this is a tax and sdoontsly turned it back through the regulaleg
i want to ask you the same question i asked mitch mcconnell. they are still debating the long-term effects of the robert's ruling. on the one hand he safes obama care. that's the big deal that's the bottom line. on the other hand he appeared to new limits on what congress can regulate under the guys of the commerce laws. he set new limits on what the federal government can mandate the state has to do. in terms of the long-term constitutional implicaons how do you read the roberts rule? >>...
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mitch mcconnell after a quick break. place. place. ♪ you want to save money on car insurance? no problem. you want to save money on rv insurance? no problem. you want to save money on motorcycle insurance? no problem. you want to find a place to park all these things? fuggedaboud it. this is new york. hey little guy, wake up! aw, come off it mate! geico. saving people money on more than just car insurance. >> chris: we want to get the gop view of this week's big >> chris: we want the g.o.p. view of this week's big decision on obamacare, joining us from his home state of kentucky, senate republican leader mitch mcconnell and senator, welcome back. >> good morning. >> chris: you just heard white house chief of staff jack lew say the court has spoken and it is time to move on. are you persuaded? >> he's doing the best he can with a really tough situation. the president said it was not a tax. the premium court which has the final say, says it is a tax. the tax is going to be levied, 77% of it, on americans making less than $120,000 a year. so it is a middle class tax cut. a tax in
mitch mcconnell after a quick break. place. place. ♪ you want to save money on car insurance? no problem. you want to save money on rv insurance? no problem. you want to save money on motorcycle insurance? no problem. you want to find a place to park all these things? fuggedaboud it. this is new york. hey little guy, wake up! aw, come off it mate! geico. saving people money on more than just car insurance. >> chris: we want to get the gop view of this week's big >> chris: we want...
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why in the world is mcconnell messing with this thing. >> bob, you've probably been part of these high profile negotiations. >> i have. >> and dana mass. it's horse trading. bottom line, he probably wasn't happy with where the tax rate was going and said, well, this is something that would be good for our side. so, can we essentially save some money on the inflation rate in regards to perhaps social security. he says it's not a deal breaker. if they don't want this, we can drop it. and he essentially said, af been waiting 18 hours for a counter proposal from senate majority leader harry reid and so that's when mcconnell went to the bullpen and called the vice-president, his old buddy to see if they could cut a deal. >> andrea. >> mike, i've heard the reason, i know bob says mcconnell got in at the last minute and democrats and president didn't want nancy pelosi in the room if you're going to have mcconnell you've got to have pelosi in the room. that's a strategy there. isn't it true that president obama and nancy pelosi have expressed their interest in some kind of cpi, changed cpi, co
why in the world is mcconnell messing with this thing. >> bob, you've probably been part of these high profile negotiations. >> i have. >> and dana mass. it's horse trading. bottom line, he probably wasn't happy with where the tax rate was going and said, well, this is something that would be good for our side. so, can we essentially save some money on the inflation rate in regards to perhaps social security. he says it's not a deal breaker. if they don't want this, we can...
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live coverage from the american-israel group with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, mitch mcconnell, and house democratic leader nancy pelosi. that all starts at 9:30 a.m. -- 9:30 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> romney, pawlenty, bloomberg. >> who can we win with? >> none of them. obama changed the entire dynamic. >> look and said the new hbo movie and a best-selling book that gave the inside story on what happened in the 2008 presidential campaign. >> they say the heavens between a hockey mom and a pit bull -- -- they say the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull -- lipstick. >> their expectation coming out of that speech was that she was an asset to the campaign. for the week or 10 days immediately after that, she was. on the democratic side, there was a lot of concern as the mccain-payment ticket came out of that convention ahead of barack obama. people on the democratic side were sort of freaking out. >> we will talk about "game change" sunday at 6:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> if you had said in 2006 that the world would be begging for the u.s. to use force again and the m
live coverage from the american-israel group with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, mitch mcconnell, and house democratic leader nancy pelosi. that all starts at 9:30 a.m. -- 9:30 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> romney, pawlenty, bloomberg. >> who can we win with? >> none of them. obama changed the entire dynamic. >> look and said the new hbo movie and a best-selling book that gave the inside story on what happened in the 2008 presidential campaign. >> they...
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mitch mcconnell signed it. mitt romney has signed it. when romney was asked if he would support a deficit reduction plan that had 90% in cuts, 10% revenue, he said, no. he wouldn't support it. he would reject the deal. unfortunately all the republicans on grover's list are at odds with the american people. 3/4 of americans support a balanced deficit reduction package that cuts spending while asking millionaires and corporations to pay their fair share. the support really goes across all the political spectrum. democrats, independents even republicans agree. the only republicans who aren't on board are the ones here in washington instead of supporting a balanced deficit plan, republicans in congress all jumped on board with the ryan plan. this throws a monkey wrench into the relationship with grover, if you really think it through. the report released yesterday by the joint economic committee shows the ryan plan would raise taxes on mitd class americans and raise it a lot. the ryan plan would pay for the $10 trillion in tax cuts that bene
mitch mcconnell signed it. mitt romney has signed it. when romney was asked if he would support a deficit reduction plan that had 90% in cuts, 10% revenue, he said, no. he wouldn't support it. he would reject the deal. unfortunately all the republicans on grover's list are at odds with the american people. 3/4 of americans support a balanced deficit reduction package that cuts spending while asking millionaires and corporations to pay their fair share. the support really goes across all the...
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mcconnell: i certainly agree the senate isn't working. we get in a few days in between recesses and are rarely in at night, almost never do anything on thursday. that's entirely within the purview of the majority leader. now, it is true that a few years back when my party was in the majority, we contemplated chan changing the rules, but cooler heads prevailed and we didn't. the fundamental issue here my friend leaves out. he wants to break the rules to change the rules. in other words, he and i are not negotiating on these issues. he is deciding what will be the rule in the senate. he will break the rules in order to change the rules. now, that's all anybody listening to this debate needs to understand. what the majority leader is going to do here ssess a he -- ssess a going to break the -- is he's going to break the rules to change the rules. one party only. we ought to be negotiating rule changes. rule changes ought to be proposed by the majority leader and minority leader together. that would surpass the 67-vote threshold that is desig
mcconnell: i certainly agree the senate isn't working. we get in a few days in between recesses and are rarely in at night, almost never do anything on thursday. that's entirely within the purview of the majority leader. now, it is true that a few years back when my party was in the majority, we contemplated chan changing the rules, but cooler heads prevailed and we didn't. the fundamental issue here my friend leaves out. he wants to break the rules to change the rules. in other words, he and i...
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has turned it into a game at the politics of hope mr robinson can convince senator mcconnell to stop playing games and focus on what really matters the bad but the vatican how do you try to rebranding the image after a decade of controversy well if you're the vatican and pope benedict the sixteenth hire someone from fox so-called news to do p.r. the vatican has hired greg burke fox's rome correspondent helped create a better communications policy and improve the church's image around the world in a statement about the higher in the vatican said it is trying to quote cope with years of communications blunders and one of its most serious scandals in decades and quote i don't know who vetted burke and i'm not sure of hiring someone who worked for a massage mystic homophobic and racially charged news network is really the best way to prove the vatican's p.r. and the very very ugly congressman tom latham latham was on a radio show in iowa over the weekend when the host started talking about a group of catholic nuns that are traveling around the country protesting the budget cuts and paul
has turned it into a game at the politics of hope mr robinson can convince senator mcconnell to stop playing games and focus on what really matters the bad but the vatican how do you try to rebranding the image after a decade of controversy well if you're the vatican and pope benedict the sixteenth hire someone from fox so-called news to do p.r. the vatican has hired greg burke fox's rome correspondent helped create a better communications policy and improve the church's image around the world...
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mcconnell: i say --. mr. mcconnell: , i know the parliamentarian disagrees with his few but let's assume we do have a budget and by judge ask the majority leader why we haven't passed a single appropriation bill. mr. reid: that also is an easy question to answer. the republicans in the house, this is a bicameral legislature, why have reneged on the law passed last august that set numbers. their appropriation bills have artificially lowered the numbers and in effect violated the law that's in effect here in this congress. as a result of that, senator inouye has marked up his subcommittee bills and we can't -- and i would also say, madam president, the house was not serious about what they do. energy and water which used to be one of the most important subcommittees, most popular, i should say in addition to being important, subcommittees in this body, i was fortunate to serve on that subcommittee for more than a quarter of a century under a great -- under great leaders, domenici, bennett johnson, domenici and
mcconnell: i say --. mr. mcconnell: , i know the parliamentarian disagrees with his few but let's assume we do have a budget and by judge ask the majority leader why we haven't passed a single appropriation bill. mr. reid: that also is an easy question to answer. the republicans in the house, this is a bicameral legislature, why have reneged on the law passed last august that set numbers. their appropriation bills have artificially lowered the numbers and in effect violated the law that's in...
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mike, you just got new details 23r* mitch mcconnell. what are they? >> that's right. discussions have been taking place all day. both sides have been trading paper, ideas and that talks continue. we understand legislative staff will continue working into this evening. meanwhile, huer is a fair and balanced look at where things stand. >> i do think that something will happen over the next few days relative to the revenue piece. hopefully we can rescue most americans from a tax increase. but what we haven't dealt with again is the spending component. jay we just can't afford -- >> we just can't afford a politically self-inflicted wound to our economy. keeping it that way means folks you sent to washington have to do their jobs. the housing market is healing, but that could stall as folks are seeing smaller paychecks. >> with time running out, it sounds like conservatives may have to fight spending when raising the debt ceiling is the new fight in the new year. harris? >> mike, democrats say they know they need republican help to get this through. they are counting on a
mike, you just got new details 23r* mitch mcconnell. what are they? >> that's right. discussions have been taking place all day. both sides have been trading paper, ideas and that talks continue. we understand legislative staff will continue working into this evening. meanwhile, huer is a fair and balanced look at where things stand. >> i do think that something will happen over the next few days relative to the revenue piece. hopefully we can rescue most americans from a tax...
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the things i found fascinating on the panel was the degree of radicalism shown by my good friend mike mcconnell who is probably not usually described as a radical. but i think that the judge professor michael did touch on some absolutely crucial issues that are central on our particular topic. perhaps they are exemplified by the discussions on the great debate of the 1960 no, sir china over the issue of red. that is to what degree particularly is a modern state and last night i do think even rich waved the flag of surrender with regard to the existence of a very significant administrative state that will engage in a wide degree of rule making and as several of the speakers have articulated carefully, the debate is how should the rules be made and what is the relevant trade off between looking to land this kind of experts or to looking either at the democratic critique of the administration or to the analogy. it's not the most at large, but a particular portion of the dmos with the correct values. that's rather than the articulation for rational news ends relationships to how you get there where
the things i found fascinating on the panel was the degree of radicalism shown by my good friend mike mcconnell who is probably not usually described as a radical. but i think that the judge professor michael did touch on some absolutely crucial issues that are central on our particular topic. perhaps they are exemplified by the discussions on the great debate of the 1960 no, sir china over the issue of red. that is to what degree particularly is a modern state and last night i do think even...
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mike, you just got new details 23r* mitch mcconnell. what are they? >> that's right. discussions have been taking place all day. both sides have been trading paper, ideas and that talks continue. we understand legislative staff will continue working into this evening. meanwhile, huer is a fair and balanced look at where things stand. >> i do think that something will happen over the next few days relative to the revenue piece. hopefully we can rescue most americans from a tax increase. but what we haven't dealt with again is the spending component. jay we just can't afford -- >> we just can't afford a politically self-inflicted wound to our economy. keeping it that way means folks you sent to washington have to do their jobs. the housing market is healing, but that could stall as folks are seeing smaller paychecks. >> with time running out, it sounds like conservatives may have to fight spending when raising the debt ceiling is the new fight in the new year. harris? >> mike, democrats say they know they need republican help to get this through. they are counting on a
mike, you just got new details 23r* mitch mcconnell. what are they? >> that's right. discussions have been taking place all day. both sides have been trading paper, ideas and that talks continue. we understand legislative staff will continue working into this evening. meanwhile, huer is a fair and balanced look at where things stand. >> i do think that something will happen over the next few days relative to the revenue piece. hopefully we can rescue most americans from a tax...
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mitch mcconnell will return as to what i would call the regular order. committees will do what they're supposed to do. committees will do oversight and investigation to make sure taxpayers are getting their money's worth. legislation will come to the floor. we will have the opportunity for people to offer amendments and shape the legislation and for the senate to work its will. that is where the senate need to go to regain its reputation as the world's greatest deliberative body. we are not that now. >> jennifer duffy. >> you talked about two races. in new mexico and hawaii, you have strong women. how do you overcome the fact that obama will carry the state by double digits? >> linda is an extraordinary candidates. she has to do some of what scott brown is doing in massachusetts. that is to run on their own brand and a unique personality in somebody he will exercise a fair degree of independence in recognizing the best interest of their constituents. scott brown reno is the massachusetts miracle -- we know is the massachusetts miracle and the successful
mitch mcconnell will return as to what i would call the regular order. committees will do what they're supposed to do. committees will do oversight and investigation to make sure taxpayers are getting their money's worth. legislation will come to the floor. we will have the opportunity for people to offer amendments and shape the legislation and for the senate to work its will. that is where the senate need to go to regain its reputation as the world's greatest deliberative body. we are not...
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joining me is senate republican leader mitch mcconnell. there are few people in washington with a larger stake in seeing that mitt romney does well, than you do, because you want to go from the minority leader in the senate to majority. how do you think he's been doing? >> well, the race is very, very close. i think the best evidence of that is a gallup tracking poll which has it consistently close that the people are unhappy with the economy and they know that mitt romney is a job creator and he has a great chance of being elected. >> but his campaign has come under fire from republicans. first as being not ready for primetime, as we said, that he needs a steady sort of more national hand in this. do you have any complaints first of all about how they handled this whole supreme court tax issue, which is a major issue for you all? >> well, i think a better use of my time is to criticize the guys we are running against. i'm not here to critique the romney campaign. i do think that we've got plenty to run against. the president has a very, v
joining me is senate republican leader mitch mcconnell. there are few people in washington with a larger stake in seeing that mitt romney does well, than you do, because you want to go from the minority leader in the senate to majority. how do you think he's been doing? >> well, the race is very, very close. i think the best evidence of that is a gallup tracking poll which has it consistently close that the people are unhappy with the economy and they know that mitt romney is a job...
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senator mcconnell was speaking to a group of supporters at a hospital in his home state of kentucky. he said it would be hard to unravel something as large as the healthcare law. but that isn't stopping a lot of folks from trying. more on that in a moment. as you know, the top kurt's ruling essentially handed a political victory to president obama. but it appears the g.o.p. still plans to fight it. and with just four months to go until election day, the health cair law likely will be a major campaign issue. especially in those all important battleground states. shannon bream live in washington now. shannon, how many states are seriously healthcare law. >> supreme court left them a small opening when it comes to the expansion of medicaid patients and they say that means they won't comply first out of the gate with governor rick scott telling me that although government starts out by covering the cost of those new medicaid participants that won't always be the case. >> every federal program ultimately cuts back and you create this dependency and then they cut back just like they did wi
senator mcconnell was speaking to a group of supporters at a hospital in his home state of kentucky. he said it would be hard to unravel something as large as the healthcare law. but that isn't stopping a lot of folks from trying. more on that in a moment. as you know, the top kurt's ruling essentially handed a political victory to president obama. but it appears the g.o.p. still plans to fight it. and with just four months to go until election day, the health cair law likely will be a major...
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likely gop nominee continues to pick up endorsements, including the top republican in the senate, mitch mcconnell and house speaker john boehner who both launched scathing attacks on the president. >> they will attack him and try to unite. >> reporter: there are 201 days until the income next elect. the primary is in three weeks. one of president obama's stops in michigan this evening takes him to the place where mitt romney launched his bid. >> and back home now. >>> the georgetown waterfront, a popular destination. karen gray houston is live with an update. karen? >> reporter: on a warm, sunny day, you would so a big crowd out here at a few places. the crowds are staying away on a cloudy day, the rains are keeping them away on and that is a far cry from about a year ago when someone forgot to raise the floodgates. the tables and chairs were bobbing around and with that river water. over the summer, the restaurants drew back outdoor business and still, they have a long way to go and i have here with me ward 2 d.c. councilman jack evans and that is his dog kelly. you hear him barking there. i gue
likely gop nominee continues to pick up endorsements, including the top republican in the senate, mitch mcconnell and house speaker john boehner who both launched scathing attacks on the president. >> they will attack him and try to unite. >> reporter: there are 201 days until the income next elect. the primary is in three weeks. one of president obama's stops in michigan this evening takes him to the place where mitt romney launched his bid. >> and back home now. >>>...
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now mcconnell and biden who have a very good relationship. they worked on extending the tax breaks in 2010 they are trying it. the clock is ticking. the public is going to have to read this bill and members will demand that they read this bill before they vote on it and that's why we will go over the fiscal cliff. >> great to have you here today. i know the clock is ticking. i know you're watching it closely. thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. gregg. jon: a new report on the terror attack on our consulate in libya. who they are blaming for the deaths of four americans including our ambassador. a french court says goodbye to that country's controversial 75% tax rate on the wealthy. don't you wish you were living in france? what that means for the socialist government of that country as it vows to continue squeezing the rich. new prilosec otc wildberry is the same frequent heartburn treatment as plosec otc. now with a fancy coating that gives you a burst of wildberry flavor. now why make a flavored heartburn pill? because this is a
now mcconnell and biden who have a very good relationship. they worked on extending the tax breaks in 2010 they are trying it. the clock is ticking. the public is going to have to read this bill and members will demand that they read this bill before they vote on it and that's why we will go over the fiscal cliff. >> great to have you here today. i know the clock is ticking. i know you're watching it closely. thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. gregg. jon: a new report...
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. >> his boat, "republican leader: a political biography of senator mitch mcconnell" looks at mitch mcconnell has served as senator of kentucky since 1985. >> mcconnell is the senior senator from kentucky, the longest-serving senator from kentucky. he is the republican leader in the united states senate and somewhat contend he is the foremost republican a kentucky political history. he was born in alabama, came to kentucky as a young person. got involved in republican politics, served as the county judge executive here in jefferson county, which is worth a read though, largest city is located, ousted the democratic incumbent and has been reelected four times since then. it's been a steady upward climb in the ranks of republican leadership in the u.s. senate. he came in with really no connections and no national reputation, kind of built his reputation on issues like campaign finance reform, resisting a lot of measures of campaign finance reform. it got into the leadership then now is the leader in what is to become the senate majority leader after the election this fall. his primary legislati
. >> his boat, "republican leader: a political biography of senator mitch mcconnell" looks at mitch mcconnell has served as senator of kentucky since 1985. >> mcconnell is the senior senator from kentucky, the longest-serving senator from kentucky. he is the republican leader in the united states senate and somewhat contend he is the foremost republican a kentucky political history. he was born in alabama, came to kentucky as a young person. got involved in republican...
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mcconnell did not say that until october of 2010 nearly two years into the obama term. mcconnell added quote i don't want the president to fail i want him to change end quote. in another answer he said george w. bush issued more regulations he had during the time frame and moments later asked the bush administration for too much de regulation. also mr. obama's president hor hennessy over a response to iran's nuclear program he said he is able to block out any noise that is out there. on the recent events in the middle east a wave of anti u.s. violence among other things killed the u.s. ambassador he spoke of the efen inevitable bumps in the road. jay carney said they did not mean what the words clearly say. if that sounds familiar well it is. that's what mr. obama and his defenders claim when he said if you have a business you didn't build that. >> fox and friends will be getting much more reaction from the president's response to the milled east. they will be speaking to prime minister of great britain tony blair. tune in for that. >>> before you leave the house this m
mcconnell did not say that until october of 2010 nearly two years into the obama term. mcconnell added quote i don't want the president to fail i want him to change end quote. in another answer he said george w. bush issued more regulations he had during the time frame and moments later asked the bush administration for too much de regulation. also mr. obama's president hor hennessy over a response to iran's nuclear program he said he is able to block out any noise that is out there. on the...
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mcconnell: i say --. mr. mcconnell: , i know the parliamentarian disagrees with his few but let's assume we do have a budget and by judge ask the majority leader why we haven't passed a single appropriation bill. mr. reid: that also is an easy question to answer. the republicans in the house, this is a bicameral legislature, why have reneged on the law passed last august that set numbers. their appropriation bills have artificially lowered the numbers and in effect violated the law that's in effect here in this congress. as a result of that, senator inouye has marked up his subcommittee bills and we can't -- and i would also say, madam president, the house was not serious about what they do. energy and water which used to be one of the most important subcommittees, most popular, i should say in addition to being important, subcommittees in this body, i was fortunate to serve on that subcommittee for more than a quarter of a century under a great -- under great leaders, domenici, bennett johnson, domenici and
mcconnell: i say --. mr. mcconnell: , i know the parliamentarian disagrees with his few but let's assume we do have a budget and by judge ask the majority leader why we haven't passed a single appropriation bill. mr. reid: that also is an easy question to answer. the republicans in the house, this is a bicameral legislature, why have reneged on the law passed last august that set numbers. their appropriation bills have artificially lowered the numbers and in effect violated the law that's in...
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mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask further proceedings on the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection, and the leader is recognized. mr. mcconnell: mr. president, we know with some certainty that on january 20, 2013, regardless of who the president is, he will swear to the best of his ability to protect and defend the constitution of the united states, that more than 60,000 soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines will remain deployed in afghanistan, and that our all-volunteer force will stand ready to defend american interests in the strait of hormuz, in the republic of korea, as well as defend our allies across the globe. our forces will remain committed on that day to denying the taliban a return to afghanistan, to denying al qaeda a safe haven, to training the afghan national security forces, and of fulfilling the operational plans of our regional commanders. as important the troops and the training pipeline a
mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask further proceedings on the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection, and the leader is recognized. mr. mcconnell: mr. president, we know with some certainty that on january 20, 2013, regardless of who the president is, he will swear to the best of his ability to protect and defend the constitution of the united states, that more than 60,000 soldiers, sailors, airmen and...
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there was apparently some laughter in the room from mitch mcconnell. according to "wall street journal" the white house now says it will not even make a new off er until the gop changes it opposition to tax rates. meanwhile, another republican has signaled that he would compromise on taxes. if democrats cut entitlements. this is what senator roy blunt said yesterday. take a listen. >> are you open to voting for some type of compromise that would increase marginal tax rates? >> yeah, i think i'm unlikely to do that. if we had real long-term entitlement reform that would off set the negative economic impact of raising tax rates, that's something to talk about. and that's the deal. >> so, there's a senator there, molly, we know this game is mainly playing out in the house, but here we have another prominent republican saying that he would support tax increases, not just revenues from closing loopholes. is the paradigm shift, is it now on full display? >> i think it is gradually happening. we have had a few republicans in the house led by tom cole the othe
there was apparently some laughter in the room from mitch mcconnell. according to "wall street journal" the white house now says it will not even make a new off er until the gop changes it opposition to tax rates. meanwhile, another republican has signaled that he would compromise on taxes. if democrats cut entitlements. this is what senator roy blunt said yesterday. take a listen. >> are you open to voting for some type of compromise that would increase marginal tax rates?...
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. >>> coming up, mitch mcconnell puts romney on the spot. romney won't give away any specifics on any job plans, on any plans he has, actually. bob said he will follow the same strategy as another presidential hopeful. >>> and a catholic group of catholic nuns is speaking out against the gop budget plan and they're taking their message on the road. i'll talk with the organizer with the nuns on the bus later in the hour. share your thoughts on twitter using the hash tag ed show. we're coming right back. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." president obama really has mitt romney totally boxed in by the administration's new immigration policy. mitt romney can still not give a direct answer to a direct question. here he is with fox new's carl cameron. >> why not provide the similar certainty by saying, well, until such time as i pass a new leaders in the past few decades, and it says a lot about an emerging american majority. the country is changing. another shooting war. >> great to have you with us. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >>> co
. >>> coming up, mitch mcconnell puts romney on the spot. romney won't give away any specifics on any job plans, on any plans he has, actually. bob said he will follow the same strategy as another presidential hopeful. >>> and a catholic group of catholic nuns is speaking out against the gop budget plan and they're taking their message on the road. i'll talk with the organizer with the nuns on the bus later in the hour. share your thoughts on twitter using the hash tag ed...
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nothing else. >> governor strickland, when you look at the fact that not only did mcconnell say that that was the one goal, the very night of the inauguration, the very night while many were at the inaugural balls, they were meeting less than a mile away from the president and the first lady were dancing at the ball planning to take this president out of office. and they came out, their goals were show united and unyielding opposition to the president's economic policies. begin attacking vulnerable democrats on the airwaves. win the spear point of the house in 2010. jab obama relentlessly in 2011. win the white house and the senate in 2012. we get this out of draper's book. right on this program newt gingrich admitted to me there was a meeting that night that he participated in and some of the language that was discussed. he admitted that here on "politicsnation." >> reverend al, it's a serious charge to say the republican leadership wants the economy to do badly in order to win an election, but their actions say that very clearly. there is nothing this president has tried to do to b
nothing else. >> governor strickland, when you look at the fact that not only did mcconnell say that that was the one goal, the very night of the inauguration, the very night while many were at the inaugural balls, they were meeting less than a mile away from the president and the first lady were dancing at the ball planning to take this president out of office. and they came out, their goals were show united and unyielding opposition to the president's economic policies. begin attacking...
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in fact you had a conversation with leader mitch mcconnell where youo awlog any new drilling on america's outer continental shelf even if gas prices reached $10 a gallon. well you're half way there, half way there. the question i guess we need to ask ourselves this the direction that this department is going and are we at some point in your, under your leadership leading gas to get to $10 a gallon? >> this is part of the phony debate with bumper sticker solutions to one of the most fundamental issues fixing the united states of america. >> so -- >> let me finish. when you speak to the statistic of what happened in 2011 in terms of production, you have to look at what was happening in the gulf of mexico. it's about 30% roughly of all our domestic energy comes from the gulf of mexico, which senatou knows full well. we went through a crisis in 2010, and we're back and the rigs are back at work. in fact more rigs working now offshore and united states of america than any time in recent history, maybe in all of history, so whatever dip there was in production is because of the dip that happene
in fact you had a conversation with leader mitch mcconnell where youo awlog any new drilling on america's outer continental shelf even if gas prices reached $10 a gallon. well you're half way there, half way there. the question i guess we need to ask ourselves this the direction that this department is going and are we at some point in your, under your leadership leading gas to get to $10 a gallon? >> this is part of the phony debate with bumper sticker solutions to one of the most...
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mitch mcconnell said the only priority he had was to get barack obama out. presidency. not much of a platform to run on for the republicans. he's got to start with a post-it note. they're not going to pass anything substantial. if you start giving corporations tax credits for bringing jobs back home, that's a good idea. if you keep giving hip tax credits for sending job offshore, that's a mistake. i think there's some good stuff in here. the republicans out to show good faith and pass this stuff and maybe we can get to the bigg ite items you're concerned about. >> the problem is congress has guantanamo b given the president what he wanted. we're going to have a deficit and this is the administration's projections, $1.3 trillion. the huge regulatory measures that have been passed, i mean, i wish congress had given him less. you mentioned some this evenings that could be done. i think on a bipartisan basis that would actually move the economy forward, passing the corporate tax rate, reducing that to 25%, opening up energy production. why shouldn't both parties be for that
mitch mcconnell said the only priority he had was to get barack obama out. presidency. not much of a platform to run on for the republicans. he's got to start with a post-it note. they're not going to pass anything substantial. if you start giving corporations tax credits for bringing jobs back home, that's a good idea. if you keep giving hip tax credits for sending job offshore, that's a mistake. i think there's some good stuff in here. the republicans out to show good faith and pass this...
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in fact, you had a conversation with leader mitch mcconnell at that time where you objected to allow any new drilling on americans' outer continental shelf, even if gas prices reached $10 a gallon. well, you're halfway threre. halfway there. the question is is this the direction that this department is going and are we at some point believing under your leadership that gasoline prices? >> senator heller, let me first say that i think that exchange on the floor of the u.s. senate, like the exchange that you're engaged in, is part of the phony can debate with bumper sticker solutions is one of the must fundal issues -- >> are you saying -- >> let me finish. when you speak to the statistic of what happened in 2011 in terms of production, you have to look at what was happening in the gulf of mexico. it's about 30% roughly of all our domestic energy comes from the gulf of mexico, which senator luandrieu knows full well. there are more rigs on shore and offshore in the united states than any time in recent history, maybe all of history. whatever dip there was in production is because of th
in fact, you had a conversation with leader mitch mcconnell at that time where you objected to allow any new drilling on americans' outer continental shelf, even if gas prices reached $10 a gallon. well, you're halfway threre. halfway there. the question is is this the direction that this department is going and are we at some point believing under your leadership that gasoline prices? >> senator heller, let me first say that i think that exchange on the floor of the u.s. senate, like the...
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senate republican leader mitch mcconnell will answer to that and a whole lot more. he is live in our studi studio and he is up after the break. >> you plan to sue this administration for implementing something that you think should have required legislative process and approval. >> that's correct. martha: iowa republican steve king firing a warning shot at the white house, the president's immigration ruling that may end up in a will you suit. bill: also recorded phone conversations between george zimmerman and his wife only hours after he shot and killed trayvon martin, do they prove that he lied to the court? martha: new calls today for a special, independent investigator to trace the source of a series of high-level intelligence leaks. senior white house adviser david plauffe says it's a plan to embarrass the president. >> they said their core strategic plan was to engage in things to embarrass this presidentment. martha: joined by kentucky republican mitch mcconnell who is senate minority leader. good to have you. >> glad to be here. martha: what is your response
senate republican leader mitch mcconnell will answer to that and a whole lot more. he is live in our studi studio and he is up after the break. >> you plan to sue this administration for implementing something that you think should have required legislative process and approval. >> that's correct. martha: iowa republican steve king firing a warning shot at the white house, the president's immigration ruling that may end up in a will you suit. bill: also recorded phone conversations...
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mcconnell called the vice. president bush: after weighing 18 hours from senate majority leader harry reid who seemed to throw in the towel. >> there is still significant difference between two sides and negotiations continue. there is still time left to reach an agreement and we intend to continue negotiations. >> reporter: a big issue is what thresh do you continue the bush tax cuts. the democrats latest proposal, extend expiring tax rates for individuals with taxable income up to $360,000. and couples with income of about $450,000. senate republicans latest proposal allah taxes to rise on $450,000 for individuals and 550,000 for couples. republican aides say the democrats in the senate have not made any additional offers since saturday afternoon. gregg: what is going on the house side of the capitol? >> reporter: the attitude they have been doing their work all year long. they have been passing multiple bills throughout the course of 2012 and they feel like it is now time for the senate to act. here is a samp
mcconnell called the vice. president bush: after weighing 18 hours from senate majority leader harry reid who seemed to throw in the towel. >> there is still significant difference between two sides and negotiations continue. there is still time left to reach an agreement and we intend to continue negotiations. >> reporter: a big issue is what thresh do you continue the bush tax cuts. the democrats latest proposal, extend expiring tax rates for individuals with taxable income up to...
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mitch mcconnell called for national unity. arizona senator jon kyl told reporters, "this is like a judge telling the woman that got rained you asked for it because of the way you dressed. okay? that's the same thing. well, america, you should be the ones to apologize. you should have known this would happen." and the conservative wing of the party, that and lambasted romney on monday loved him on wednesday. take a look. >> mitt romney's team was smart in coming out strong last night in saying we should never apologize when these things go down. >> today romney is the only guy looking presidential. romney looks like he's the only adult in the room. >> the weekly standard's bill kristo wrote romney is right to seize on this moment. he's right to reject the counsel of the mainstream media so far i believe pretty much so good. the "wall street journal" -- his political faux pas was to offend a pundit class that wants to cede the foreign policy debate to mr. obama. >> there's a broader lesson to be learned here. governor romney see
mitch mcconnell called for national unity. arizona senator jon kyl told reporters, "this is like a judge telling the woman that got rained you asked for it because of the way you dressed. okay? that's the same thing. well, america, you should be the ones to apologize. you should have known this would happen." and the conservative wing of the party, that and lambasted romney on monday loved him on wednesday. take a look. >> mitt romney's team was smart in coming out strong last...
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. >> well, the interesting thing is watching mitch mcconnell there. he is the lead republican senator and the highest legislative body and the greatest democracy in the world, and this is a pressing issue, and he says i'm not going to tell you what i think. i'm not going to take a stand. this guy that's not elect to anything yet, we're going to wait for him to make up his mind. this is leadership in the republican party. he tells us what he thinks. mitch mcconnell and the others are just acting like weasles because they're afraid of the politics. >> do you think mitt romney might have been surprised to learn -- leader of the republican party. >> that was not fair to weasle. >> thanks for joining us. david, and ken. next, why democrats -- >> the president was interrupted during the announcement of his new policy. that guy there, that was conservative blogger neil monroe. everyone who was there thought that speech was over, including me. full disclosure, i am a member of the white house press corps. well, technically the white house press corps reserves
. >> well, the interesting thing is watching mitch mcconnell there. he is the lead republican senator and the highest legislative body and the greatest democracy in the world, and this is a pressing issue, and he says i'm not going to tell you what i think. i'm not going to take a stand. this guy that's not elect to anything yet, we're going to wait for him to make up his mind. this is leadership in the republican party. he tells us what he thinks. mitch mcconnell and the others are just...
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you quoted senator mcconnell. did you make overtures to get their cooperation >> the short answer is yes. we tried to get republicans onboard. number of republicans have indicated they are in favor of the disclose bill, but the republican leadership has been very clear on this, that they do not want to allow any kind of transparency and any kind of disclosure. we have seen a total flip-flop from senator mcconnell on this issue. interestingly, while this is a united decision creating big problems, there was one issue on which eight of the nine justices agreed, and that was the disclosure is not only constitutional, but for the help attractants -- democracy. the only dissenter was justice thomas. we hope on a bipartisan basis we can take this up. there has been a disturbing trend among many republicans against transparency. one is their opposition to this. we are seeing their candidate refused to divulge his tax records. his father set the standard for doing that, and now he refuses to disclose in that area. so we b
you quoted senator mcconnell. did you make overtures to get their cooperation >> the short answer is yes. we tried to get republicans onboard. number of republicans have indicated they are in favor of the disclose bill, but the republican leadership has been very clear on this, that they do not want to allow any kind of transparency and any kind of disclosure. we have seen a total flip-flop from senator mcconnell on this issue. interestingly, while this is a united decision creating big...
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mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: later today the senate is likely to finish the highway bill, and once we do, i listened carefully to the majority leader's remarks -- once we finish the highway bill, we ought to immediately turn to the bipartisan jobs bill that passed the house last thursday. the vote was 390 to 23. let me say that again. the vote in the house was 390 to 23. the president has also indicated he would sign the house bill, so it strikes me with the jobs emergency that we have in this bill with 8.3% unemployment, many more millions of americans having given up trying to get into the workforce, the thing to do is to pocket this broad, bipartisan bill and rye to create jobs immediate -- and try to create jobs immediately. i a heard my friend, the---- i'e heard my friend, the majority leader, say he wants to recraft it. all that will do is slow down the process and make it more difficult to get this important jobs legislation to the pre
mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: later today the senate is likely to finish the highway bill, and once we do, i listened carefully to the majority leader's remarks -- once we finish the highway bill, we ought to immediately turn to the bipartisan jobs bill that passed the house last thursday. the vote was 390 to 23. let me say that again. the vote in the house was 390 to 23. the president has also indicated he would sign the house bill, so...
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> and to the point and avoid the fiscal cliff. >> kelly: but to mark's point, angela, senator mitch mcconnell is known for having good brinksmanship and getting it deal done. >> we're on the brink. >> that's what i said earlier in the interview, we're going to get a deal done, it's going to be because of mitch mcconnell and boehner working with the democrats that we don't go over the fiscal cliff, however, republicans are going to have to acquiesce, we will have some tax hikes, i think probably 750,000 and above i think that's the number, but what republicans are holding back the debt ceiling debate and cutti cutti cutting entitlement programs and they're going to use that later in the year. >> kelly: mark, the final word. >> if angela's prediction sort of come through-- and i hope it does, the republicans and senate negotiate, and republicans and congress will be responsible for the largest tax increst on all americans in modern american history and that would be unfortunate and soon talk about obama tax cuts when we talk about the middle class america. >> kelly: and the 113th congress comin
> and to the point and avoid the fiscal cliff. >> kelly: but to mark's point, angela, senator mitch mcconnell is known for having good brinksmanship and getting it deal done. >> we're on the brink. >> that's what i said earlier in the interview, we're going to get a deal done, it's going to be because of mitch mcconnell and boehner working with the democrats that we don't go over the fiscal cliff, however, republicans are going to have to acquiesce, we will have some tax...
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we just talked about the politics for the mcconnell side. i think the democrats are aware that, even if they get the republicans to crumble on raising tax breaks for a cure -- for upper bracket people, there will be a need to increase the debt limit in march. that is what speaker boehner uses as his leverage to a year and a half ago in his talks with president obama. i think there's a belief on the party democrats that they like to get this idea into come circulation. and they also want to manufacture some dialogue that the debt ceiling is not really the kind of leverage it was a year and a half ago. and you saw some of that from the president yesterday when -- or last week when he was talking about that he is not going to play that game may more. there is some of that. it turns out that the democrats would have enough votes to pass it through the senate. instead, senator mcconnell insisted that it requires 60 to get past the filibuster. >> on the republican side, how would a vote on either the fiscal cliff or raising the debt ceiling help t
we just talked about the politics for the mcconnell side. i think the democrats are aware that, even if they get the republicans to crumble on raising tax breaks for a cure -- for upper bracket people, there will be a need to increase the debt limit in march. that is what speaker boehner uses as his leverage to a year and a half ago in his talks with president obama. i think there's a belief on the party democrats that they like to get this idea into come circulation. and they also want to...
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>> it depends really what mcconnell and reid really broker. if it's something that's a good deal that we can move to the new year and start looking at structural entitlement reform, then we'll take it. i completely disagree with alexis, by the way. the president is not showing leadership with this deal. what he's trying to do is push the blame on the house republicans and break them. he's not interested in just winning this issue. he's interested in getting his agenda through which includes more regulation, gun control possibly, and immigration reform. all he wants to do is win the blame game. he's not interested in leadership because if he was interested in leadership, he would have brokered from the beginning in good faith and because he just ignores entitlement reform, he's kidding himself. >> heather: alexis, i'll let you respond to that. because when it comes to spending cuts, president obama says his own, his own words, quote, lays the groundwork for that in the future. the last big budget deal in the summer of 2011, it ended with precis
>> it depends really what mcconnell and reid really broker. if it's something that's a good deal that we can move to the new year and start looking at structural entitlement reform, then we'll take it. i completely disagree with alexis, by the way. the president is not showing leadership with this deal. what he's trying to do is push the blame on the house republicans and break them. he's not interested in just winning this issue. he's interested in getting his agenda through which...
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his rhetoric was softer the >> speak of of the nomination, it was also interesting, mitch mcconnell when he was asked about this this week said we're waiting for mitt romney, the leader of our party. more and more it looks like republicans are going to cure their problem through romney. >> that's their best chance. they're all in this together, going to rise or fall. but that does not mean romney is still not going to have problems with the baggage from the house republicans on some other things, some other proposals. but on this issue speckly all republicans know that it's in their best electoral interest to try and put the economic argument forward to get more latino voters on their side. >> how does the raw politics be this work in swing states? does this move arizona or colorado or nevada into a different column? >> if every latino voter out there decided to register and vote for president obama it would but that is a big if. only about half of all you aeligible latino voters actually voted four years ago. the obama campaign believes they still have enough latino voters on their side
his rhetoric was softer the >> speak of of the nomination, it was also interesting, mitch mcconnell when he was asked about this this week said we're waiting for mitt romney, the leader of our party. more and more it looks like republicans are going to cure their problem through romney. >> that's their best chance. they're all in this together, going to rise or fall. but that does not mean romney is still not going to have problems with the baggage from the house republicans on some...
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mcconnell: i ask consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: yesterday in the senate we got a vivid look at why the challenges we face in this country are so difficult to address. with the looming fiscal crisis some have called the most predictable in history, with the national debt at a level none of us ever even imagined, with millions unemployed and millions more underemployed, with the biggest tax hike in history looming at the end of the year, and with entitlement programs like medicare and social security drawing ever closer to insolvency, here's what senate democrats did yesterday: they ducked. they were presented with five different options for dealing with these problems, and they voted against every single one of them. now, no one was particularly surprised to see democrats reject the republican proposals. we hoped that some of them would support them. but we weren't altogether surprised that they didn't. but every american should be surprised that democrats didn't offer a singl
mcconnell: i ask consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: yesterday in the senate we got a vivid look at why the challenges we face in this country are so difficult to address. with the looming fiscal crisis some have called the most predictable in history, with the national debt at a level none of us ever even imagined, with millions unemployed and millions more underemployed, with the biggest tax hike in history looming at the...